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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | First Cuckoo of the Year at Tsukudajima (Tsukudajima hatsu hototogisu) | Edo period, 19th century

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December 14, 01:52 PM GMT

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5,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

First Cuckoo of the Year at Tsukudajima (Tsukudajima hatsu hototogisu)

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), signed Ichiyusai Hiroshige ga, published by Kawaguchiya Shozo (Shoeido, Eisendo), circa 1831-32


Horizontal oban: 25.6 x 38.1 cm., 10⅛ x 15 in.

Huguette Berès (1914–1999), sold Sotheby's, Paris, Collection Huguette Berès: Estampes, dessins, livres, illustres japonais, 27 November 2002, Lot 119.